Mathematical Sciences Grants

The Mathematical Sciences Program supports research for undergraduate programs, conferences and workshops in five subject areas: Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Number Theory, Probability and Statistics. The award for conferences and workshops will not exceed $25,000 and, to avoid endorsement or the appearance thereof, approaches to cryptography proposals will not be accepted. The Special Situation category is for infrastructure development projects and for events that do not fall within the typical research conference format. Beneficiaries of these grants (including students, speakers and other participants) must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.

Proposals are evaluated for the intellectual merit and broad impact of the proposed activity by panels of NSA mathematicians. NSA determines which proposals will receive support together with the amount of that support and notifies our decisions in a timely fashion to all who submitted a proposal. Funds will be provided in a timely manner contingent upon them being appropriated and authorized by Congress, so no expenditures on these grants are allowed until the grant award document is in place. The Agency Grants Officer coordinates with the performing organization for the effective award and administration of the grant.

Approval/Disapproval time frame ranges generally from 90 to 120 days.